Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Jan 16, 2020, Unalas...
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on January 16, 2020 near Unalaska-Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor), Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: January 16, 2020
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Unalaska-Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor), Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Downwind takeoff and loading beyond weight and balance limits, causing a stall
A LifeMed air ambulance King Air 200 took off downwind from Unalaska in darkness for a flight to Adak. The airspeed decayed, the stall warning sounded and the aircraft struck Unalaska Bay about 100 feet offshore. The pilot, nurse and paramedic escaped into a life raft with minimal injuries. The NTSB blamed takeoff downwind and overloading.